#161D36#161D36

#161D36 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.049 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D36
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 54)
HSL	hsl(227, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(227, 59%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 46.3%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.38, 5.57, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.38, 18.25, 287.77°)
OKLab	oklab(23.81% 0.0004 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(23.81% 0.049 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4359, 1.3156, 3.6676)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D36 #362F16

analogous

#162D36 #161D36 #1F1636

triadic

#161D36 #36161D #1D3616

tetradic

#161D36 #36162D #362F16 #16361F

square

#161D36 #36162D #362F16 #16361F

split-complementary

#161D36 #361F16 #2D3616

monochromatic

#090C16 #090C16 #161D36 #283461 #394C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.62

#161D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D36

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D36	1.00	16.62	1.26	16.62
#FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.049 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56586d',
    500: '#161d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d36;
$custom-light: #56586d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23807,
    "c": 0.04915,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D36

secondary

#6D623B

accent

#B756D2

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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